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Declaring War on Fake FiveFingers

The Real Thing Tony Post was inundated by fake FiveFingers.” />When Vibram had trouble meeting demand for its popular FiveFingers running shoes, the market became flooded with counterfeit, nearly identical, shoes. Here’s how it fought back.In the spring of 2010, a pair of shoes arrived at the Franklin, Massachusetts, warehouse of Vibram USA. A customer was demanding a refund for a pair of the company’s popular Five-Fingers running shoes. But the shoes, which were marred by split seams and separating soles, were fakes